Malicious VSX Extension "SleepyDuck" Uses Ethereum to Keep Its Command Server Alive

iT4iNT SERVER Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck.
According to Secure Annex's John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October 31, 2025, as a completely benign library that was subsequently updated to version 0.0.8 on November 1 to VDS VPS Cloud


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